Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-27

with skilled, experienced educators at
their head, are abreast with the times
and with the best known methods of IN
struction in everything pertaining there
to. The enrolment during this session
has reached near 600 pupils. The attend
ance is excellent, ranging from 80 to 90
per cent, reaching the latter figure
last month. The head of the col
ored schools (ROss) is ripe
scholar, teacher of rare attainments,
and an ornament to his race. The schol-
astic population of Greenville is about
500. l want to add in connection, that
Hunt county has one of the most wide
awake, interesting and progressive teach
ers' institutes in the state, and numbers
among its members some of the most &C
complished, learned and st once practical
educators, who pursue the high and noble
profession OF teaching for the love of it,
and whose whole time, talent and energies
are earnestly dedicated thereto.
This ambitious young metropolis and
aspiring railroad center is not without
her full quota Of those useful and indis-
pensable epicurean resorts, so necessary
to every well ordered place. For be it
known that GreenviIIe has five regular
hotels, the names of which ere
the New Beckham, the Commercial,
City hotel, Laclede and Madison house
At any of these resorts good meals, good
comfort, and good treatment are obtaina-
| BILE; and if any man 90 away from the
| first named (Or any of the five as to that
| dissatisfied, then let him seek q better
country if there be such. Then several
good restaurants are conveniently dis
tributed. And let it be carefully recorded
| that we are even now to some extent 8
manufacturing place. In one very useful
and important direction, deserving men
ton, Greenville has already established
reputation abroad. Iallude to the we'll
attested fact, that in the several yards
hereinafter mentioned is made superior
quality Of brick, hard and dura BILE, and of
| recognized excellence for building pur-
poses As proof l may mention that
bricks made IN our yards have not only
been utilized in our courthouse and other
business buildings, but have been aud are
being put into buildings at Mckinney,
Farmersville, and other towns. The
yards that are on an extensive scale and
permanen. footing are that of O. D. and
ID. D. Moulten, located three-fOurths of
mile east of the courthouse, where kilns
of from 250, 900 to 800, 900 brick are COM
monty OuEnG; IudG Vi hlmOrOuSn q HOT
ton, located one mile east of square; that
Of W. H. Coats, located some distance
southeast; that owned by Colonel N. j.
Ross, our popular ex-sherif, embracing
five acres of ground three-quarters of
mile distant; the yard of W. L. Coffeen,
being an extensive one, located on Cap
tain John d. Johnson's land in northwest
portion of town. AS stated, shipments
of our good brick have been made from
time to time to towns around US besides
those named, and with increased railway
facilities, as we'll as yards. experienced
and skilled brickmakers at the head of
these propose henceforth to furnish
contractors and others the very best of
Texas brick in any quantities desired,
and at reasonable rates.
THE CAVITIES readers have been
appraised heretofore OF the fact that we
are to have q cotton compress in this
city. The Texas Compress Association,
acting through Messrs. c. J. Wise and
s. D. Rainey, Jr., Vice-presidents, and
the latter secretary also, have closed a
contract with S. B. Steers & Co. of New
Orleans for the removal from ST. Louis